The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-16
PROHIBITION BY MEANS or FREE
WHISKY.

PROHIBITION BY MEANS or FREL,
WHISKY.
II Is 10 he hoped that the Macon Telegraph.
the Albany News, the Athens Banncr-Watch-
man and other newspapers which imagine
they believe that the abolition of the inter
nal revenue laws will result in Gree
whisky will not overlook the facts that
| are given in the following dispatch, which
has been sent out Of Atlanta by the core.
| spondenls of several Journals;
Col Cpnshaw, internal revenue collector. makes
| some interesting Statements concerning the trial
Atlanta has pivCn local option lie slys there are
| hlrlyhye more dstilcrics In the district today
thhu Ia ls,i aga Inst two with capacity Ot twenty
bushels IN lsi, and now ten. Internal revenue re-.
ccipts increased SbOO the Inst year. ~ the inmC
| ratio viii be ,lnWO this year lie Issued inecn
privileges 10 sell liquor on the Piedmont cNpu.i.
ton grounds. aud says that local option IN Atlanta
lns simply put liquor tmiiic Ia the hands OF d..
tilicn instrid VI dealers.
These are the cold facts about "frcc
| whisky II Is frccr now, even updcr the
| forms OF prohibition, ihnn II ever has been,
aud all ON account of the barriers that the
| internal revenue system places In the way
OF the suppression OF the Traffic. We beg To
assure our esteemed contemporaries that the
! Temperance people of this country, whom
| they arr trying o. deceive 10y the cry OF free
| whisky" fully understand the situation and
! appreciate IL. They arr too old aud too
largo 10 he caught in mouse traps set by the
whisky ring, The internal revenue system
must 10. Atlanta Constitution.
In this We have an open threat that pro.
hibilion is to be forced 10y the pcrpctuity
OF u high tariff and cheaper whisky. The
Atlanta Constitution would, for the pur-
pose Of pcrpctuatlng an admittedly inia-
nous tariff system, by which rich men are
made richer and the poor poorer, make
whisky cheaper. II would abolish the in.
tcrnal revenue on whisky because, as il
asserts, the government license stands in
the way Of the enforcement Of pro.
hihition. II may, in some instances,
bc au impcdimcnl, but it is not the only
one. Whisky would be sold in Atlanta
with orwiihout an internal revenue license,
just as whisky il manufactured aud sold
without license in Georgia, as ia Tennessee
aud Kentucky. OF the two owls. the think.
ing rrohibitinnist will accept the least. He
will take his chances Of n steady gain on
the liquor traffic in prohibited States from
year to year rather than make whisky
cheaper, and therefore more nc.
ccssiblc, In non-prohibitory States. lie
knows that ii whisky was as
dear as champagne there would not be any
moro drank than there is now oi cham.
payne, aud lac also knows that ii whisky
was reduced to ~ gallon, there would
be three times Us much of I, consumed rs
there is now, and that drunkenness would
Increase to about the same ratio IA before
the ci,il war. There would he no rroom.
pensc Ia this sort Of ruin for the honest
pohibitionist for the sake Of the
abolition Of the revenue on whisky.
hut this Is not al Of Il. Whisky would be-
reduced 10 dollar a gallon, aud the poor
man would stlll be- compelled 10 pay a
tithc ON all lac cnis and drinks TO support
the cormouni. greedy, shark.like monopo-
lists who have built mp great fortunes out
Of the hearts blood OF the people. No,
this dodge Of the Atlanta Con.
siiiution Ia nyct the chains Of the
tarih tighter on n distressed people,
place degradation 10y whisky nearer 10 their
hands, and cheaper relatively than the IN.
gnr which Ia their wives and children Is
an everyday Necessity, still further frnm
them will not do. Besides, the Atlanta
Constitution would risk the disinlrgrition
OF the Democratic party 10y species policy
destructive Of the interests Of the poor. In
order 10 perpetual system that is wholly
and altogether rcpugnaut 10 the CouSlitu.
ton u the ruitci States and Of the several
States. Tho Atlanta Constitution surv,s.
ton, Il followed logically, would make
whiskychcap; would ils'cn the high tariff.
Ike bands Of ic,l tighter around ilic cncr.
giles II 'hc people, would help the over.
worked puur e. 20 hrgrr measure al self
degradation, open way ior thrl
party and make uc,roized radical
governments again possibility
ut the south Wen, wc think that even
the most uunlicnl prohihiiioni-i would NJ,
that that va, paying loo dear foe his vhis
de-. They havy other ideas about Govern
mcnl aud other obligations thar
prohibition pledges. No inform vii
justify ncgruisod mdical govern
ncuis at the south. no reform win juslii,
the reduction OF whisky 10 one dollar
gallon; no reform viii justify coniinuanc,
Of the present obhyr tariff; no INFORM vii
justify the continued slavery Of ~,
farmers ~ The wet and the planters II ~,
south Ia the projected pets Of III,
government, The manufacturers o
b the north. II the Atlanta Constitu
ton will study the Worls We quote iruu
II carefully u viii see that their icnicncy
Is TO the injury oi the Democratic party
anil that II II Is hereafter TO be- considep,,
a Democratic and not Republican pare
IL viii have 10 change In tune.
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